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Hurd Real Estate buys ground in high-traffic area of Waukee

Hurd Real Estate has bought 33.5 acres at Northeast Alice’s Road and Hickman Road in Waukee. The intersection is among the busiest in the burgeoning Dallas County community. Map provided by Hurd Real Estate. 

Nearly 35 …

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Des Moines board unimpressed with some features of proposed hotel

Members of the Urban Design Review Board on Tuesday raised concerns about some design elements of a hotel proposed for Southwest Ninth and Tuttle streets. Those two sides of the hotel face streets with heavy …

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$15.5 million hotel proposed for Gray’s Landing development south of downtown

A $15.5 million, 98-room hotel is proposed for south of Martin Luther King Jr. Parkway in an area teeming with construction activity.

Sherman Associates of Minneapolis plans to build the hotel – a Tru by …

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NOTEBOOK: BH Management now eighth-largest multifamily property manager

We recently had the pleasure of meeting with the leadership team of BH Management Services. BH Management is one of four divisions of BH Companies, which was founded by Harry Bookey. Many are familiar with …

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Upscale houses planned for Sherman Hill

Jake Christensen and his wife Susan Fitzsimmons, nearing the empty-nest stage of their lives, have been looking for a place to live as they begin the process of downsizing.

While both liked living in the …

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Homeless shelter receives $2.7 million to build studio apartments

Central Iowa Shelter & Services this year plans to build 24 studio apartments for homeless people transitioning to independent living. Construction of the apartments, which will be built next to the shelter’s 1420 Mulberry St. …

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Kruger named CFO for Kinzler Construction Services

  Breanne Kruger, pictured, has been appointed chief financial officer of Ankeny-based Kinzler Construction Services, a family and employee-owned construction subcontractor that installs and distributes building materials in Iowa, Minnesota, Colorado and Texas. Kruger, an…
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W.D.M. cemetery will no longer be island in the middle of a road

The city of West Des Moines has been taking aerial photos of construction work showing the widening of Mills Civic Parkway. This image shows the route of the road around Huston Cemetery, located in the…
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Hubbell steps down as Hubbell Realty’s chairman; Ingham named new chairman

                              Jim Hubbell III, on the left, has stepped down as Hubbell Realty Co.’s board of directors chairman. Fred Ingham, right,…
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114-unit apartment building planned for Bridge District downtown

The Banks Townhomes, a part of Hubbell Realty Co.’s Bridge District development just east of the Des Moines River. Photo provided by Hubbell Realty Co.

Construction is expected to begin in 2020 on a 114-unit, five-story …